Hope Urban Poems

Surviving with little money
Life really isn’t funny
Raining even when it’s sunny

Don’t wanna run this rat race
No chance of keeping up pace
Falling on my flat face

But...

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Beneath the city's concrete canopy,
Sunlight filters through the urban sprawl.
A dance of shadows on an asphalt stage,
Nature latent in the midst of it all.

Pillars of...

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Written: August 04, 2023
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In a city once vibrant but now left forlorn,
Where residents vanished, as ghosts, they were torn,
Loneliness was unfiltered, it filled every street.
A...

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Menace to society,
Deranged minds,
Sinister thoughts,
Unsettling spaces.

The unknown looms,
Minds in cluttered rooms,
The untold overcast,
License and freedom are precast.

Trouble in public places,
Comes to languages and races,
Bleeding hearts...

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John. His name is John, that's what his peers call him. 
Johnathan Arifin His mother, calling him 'Arifin' Nathan, a nickname from his girlfriend Don't...

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These are poems for Ukraine and Ukrainians. 

We Are Here
by Michael R. Burch

“We are here.” – Volodymyr Zelensky

We are here. Were are here.
And we won’t...

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so Dead are the wilted roses
Urban violence sprues
Fresh lawns coveted and racial views
Monumentally superb a beautiful woman
Covenant one who was so spurned
Her orchids are white
Her...

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I met her at a party.
so quite by accident spontaneously
Just as all ordinary loves begin
And then after ... after, we're orange for two
We had a...

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See the girls on the corner 
In tight tanks 
And micro minis
Popping gum
Locking eyes 
Driving boys wild
See the sunlight 
Outline their curls in gold
Memories of...

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People are becoming a tribe of nomadic
Who emigrate and become fanatic,
Hoping they will get a peaceful haven,
They have become completely raven,

Wishing for a cozy Lifestyle...

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Metropolis filled with 
many ethnic groups
   Some living peacefully 
with each other 
  Others ready to do battle 
I pick up my...

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The city is awash with water 
Rainclouds above are 
pouring down rain 
on the urban dwellers
Between the drops there is humid air
Pools of water form
near...

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This city has about eight million inhabitants
Surely, one can find some love from these masses
I see the young women with ripped pants
I like the look...

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From my window 
I see lights 
in small apartments 
How are the inhabitants lives going,
I wonder 
Perhaps they have found love 
Here in the metoroplis...

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In Hope of our lives continuing.
Know this.
God knew what he was doing. 
Gave us a caretaker to take care of.
A shelterer, a provider, to need.
Those...

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